Kwai Chi: from Across the Pond = A Brother From Another Mother

All right Internet Adopters = Meet Kwai Chi from London (awesome name by the way). If you read Kwai’s personal info on his LinkedIn Profile you might notice that we have similar interests (notice anything similar with my Avatar for PortlandWestsideGuy.com) outside of the Internet = Wait, there is nothing else but the Internet.

Enter Instagram

I had lunch this weekend with Multnomah Athletic Foundation Executive Director, Lisa Bendt and she shared an upcoming event that would be the perfect platform for Instagram. Great, I’ve got a couple of days to familiarize myself to Instagram… Enter Kwai = So, via LinkedIn I see a Post titled: “How I Became Popular on Instagram” = Bingo = I read it – Here’s what happened Next:

Eureka! = As I was browsing through my usual LinkedIn reading = there it was right in front of me = Thank you Kwai = all the information I needed to get started on Instagram I will be rolling up my sleeves soon thanks to you = Cheers!

So What’s the Point = What’s in it for YOU?

Here are my take-aways from this Eureka moment:

You know from my MeetUp article on the 13th (Portland MeetUp: YOU) that I was preparing myself to Network with New Talent = I’m on the lookout for “Modern” Collaborators who “Get It”

We used LinkedIn to Network and Create New Relationships (all the way in London > we’re in Portland, Oregon, West Coast, USA) 2 days ago = Who would have thought?

We found an answer to our questions = how to use and get started with Instagram

We said Thank You in a genuine way

and… more importantly, I may have found my “Brother from another Mother”

Nice meeting you Kwai.I look forward to discovering more = Cheers!

Meet Kwai Chi

KwaiChi: Marketing director & Social activationist for The Social Partners. He is a thought leader in the social space and boasts over 2.5 million views on his YouTube account. Kwai’s influence spans Ford, MacMillan, GSK, Nokia, P&G, Tate, V&A, Random House and Total Greek Yoghurt.

UK: Check out my Brother’s Rock Band the Dan Reed Network (if you like this sort of thing) = in your neighborhood in October